New to paddling? Come out to enjoy the river, learn the basics of paddling and take your first spin on the river with on the water safety monitoring from Friends. And learn about Friends' work to install native plants along riverbanks to create healthy homes for animals, stabilize river shorelinse, and protect the river from the impacts of climate change.
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Join us in an exclusive after-hours sunset and moonlit paddle through the Skokie Lagoons.
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Chicago Ornithological Society and Friends of the Chicago River team up to offer a unique way experience the magic of migration!
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Chicago Ornithological Society and Friends of the Chicago River team up to offer a unique way experience the magic of migration on the Little Calumet River.
View Event »Since 1979, Friends has been working to improve the health of the Chicago River system for the benefit of people and wildlife and by doing so, has laid the foundation for the river to be a beautiful, continuous, easily accessible corridor of open space in the Chicago region.
121 W. Wacker Drive
Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60601
McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
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